Dear God that's bloody awful. Poor woman.

Lisa Jones wrote on Oct 9^th, 2021 at 7:11am:



yes, some cyclists are very bad, totally inconsiderate, dangerous.

another turdie from bondi .... who here is surprised?

... wonder how that one would work out if a car hit a pedestrian ...... hmmmm .....

My experience with some bike riders is they are complete idiots and think they have all entitlements and no responsibility.

It's not just a feminist thing after all... the world is full of self-important idiots...

Down to the roads people, get your licence for a fee, get your mandatory lycra over-shirt with number on it.... learn the road rules...... cop a fine if you break them....

Valkie wrote on Oct 9^th, 2021 at 7:08am:


Nice to see you aren't having a hysterical over-reaction Valkie.

freediver wrote on Oct 9^th, 2021 at 4:04pm:

Valkie wrote on Oct 9^th, 2021 at 7:08am:



Just for the record:

1/ I've been riding bicycles since 1962 (I was four).

2/ I've been riding them on the road since 1966.

3/ I have NEVER worn Lycra in my life.

4/ I have NEVER hit a pedestrian, either on the road or on a path. Nor have I hit any other vehicle.

5/ Contrary to your generalisation, I NEVER force my right-of-way when on the bike - even when entitled to.

6/ I have NEVER claimed to be the most important person on Earth - whether on the bike or off.

K, a first hand perspective from someone who regularly goes to Centennial Park.

Early morning and late arvo, there are 50 strong packs of cyclists who ride at 40+ks and don't stop or give way to anything, even at the children's pedestrian crossing, they will bomb right thru.

On one hand, I get that it's the only car-less place to ride bikes for miles around, but some cyclists there are absolute arseholes, not all or even most, but some.

The rider in the article was probably one. There is zero reason to hit someone as there is no obstructed vision. The guy probably was being an arsehole and didn't want to give any ground.

Add cyclists to the long list of people Valkie is scared of.

Oh great, more rules...as if there isn't enough...

Jim Lahey wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 6:00am:


One Law For All!  All Laws For One!!

Why should bicycles, being road users, be exempt and sacrosanct?  You can't ride a horse madly down a city street.... and a bicycle is considered a vehicle in national parks etc...

Hang ten a week until the rest get the message............

Kat wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 11:36am:


Easy fix then - one day we'll run out of cyclists....... 


Is no cyclist - is no problem....

"Apart from the fact that anti-cyclists are totally irrational, and
some are outright threats to people's safety."

Funny thing is many are saying those things about cyclists... we've all seen some doozies...

What they need is a big target on their back, glow in the dark etc, so they're hard to miss...

Kat wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 11:36am:


I am far from ant-cyclist.

I even ride a bike myself a mountain bike with far too many gears and an elliptical drive.

Been riding since I was 12 and rode for many years in Sydney, all over Sydney.

My primary gripe is with the way the loonies go on now days.
"I HAVE RIGHTS, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE, I HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE ON THE ROAD/FOOTPATH/ PARK ETC WHEN I LIKE" etc etc.

Add the lycra and you get a mental, irrational, rude and obnoxious freak.

Some cyclists are good, keep the road clear, move over and keep away fro  heavy traffic.
Other (lycra brigade) take up the whole lane, never move over, must ride through heavy traffic "slowly" make their way to the front and ride off slowly again taking up the whole lane. The middle finger salute is mandatory.
Ignore lights, stop signs, one way streets, pedestrians, kids and of course Non-lycra clad bike riders.

I had a lycra clad loony scratched my car in Sydney traffic years ago.
Lost his balance and fell over.
Refused to give me his name and told me to "Get F$#ked" if I thought he would pay for the damage.
I seriously considered wrecking his bike, but because of the pro-bike lobby, I considered this a less than ideal solution.
Calling the cops would have been pointless, so a deep scratch was left by a moron never to be paid for by the culprit.
How many other people have had their cars scratched or damaged by these freaks?
If it had a rego or even identifier on the bike, Id have had my car fixed, and probably woken him up to his responsibilities.

Gnads wrote on Oct 10^th, 2021 at 3:28pm:



No. That's something I never do.

rhino wrote on Oct 11^th, 2021 at 9:00pm:


She was an old chook. In Cento park there is no obscured vision for cyclists so no excuse for not seeing her. My take is she didn't see the cyclist and stepped out, and the cyclist was on a mission to do a record lap time and didn't want to change course.

rhino wrote on Oct 11^th, 2021 at 10:26pm:


Speed limits for cyclists? They go slower than cars anyway but every bike would have to be fitted with a speedometer. . . .  kids riding to school etc

Spot

rhino wrote on Oct 11^th, 2021 at 10:26pm:


I wouldn't be bitching about pedestrians not staying to left or within lanes ....

cyclists are experts at not doing it.

It's why bikes used never be allowed on footpaths.

Then bicyclists couldn't obey road rules so they were allowed on footpaths.

They do the same on footpaths.

If a pedestrian steps off a footpath to cross the road - motorists are obliged to give way to them.

Bicyclists should be obliged to do the same on co-used paths. Slowdown/give way.

Otherwise head bush or find a velodrome.

I've been cycling quite alot lately during lockdown, mostly on cycle paths that are usually clogged up with walkers.

Gotta constantly dodge Ma, Pa, the kids on dinkies and  the family dog on a lead spread out all across the path, and then there's the dopey buggers with their headphones on full blast that do crazy Ivans just as you're riding past.

Mind you, riding or walking, you get an appreciation on just how many friggin dickheads there are driving cars around.

I'm much more wary of them.   

Swagman wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 12:09pm:



And I've had pretty-much the same experiences (or at least very similar)
during the lockdown. Some people, whether on foot, on bikes or in cars
really should be locked down permanently to protect others from their
idiotic actions. And the lockdowns only seem to have made them more
obvious.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 3:27am:
As Gordon says, some of these  cyclists just dont get it either , on the paths they can be doing 40 ks an hour, thats unsafe and that is not recreational cycling. You dont have to fit every bike with a speedo, these competition cyclists shouldnt be anywhere near dual use paths.

rhino wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 3:23pm:


Come , come rhino, you know It's the truth.
People are so selfish that whatever mode of transport they are currently using is the only one that isn't populated by morons.

Never the less.
Your post was far less abusive than previously, that's very good.

We are working well to get you over your hump.

Now keep up the good work

Repeat to yourself.

I am a worthwhile member of the human race
I can be a normal contributor and nice person.

We will get you over this.

Valkie wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 7:05am:


I see you are not afraid to make it all up as you go along. 48 deaths in 12 months is fine, but a few nasty bruises on an old lady and you get hysterical and demand SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.

Quote:


Correct. I have absolutely no idea why you are getting so hysterical about this incident.

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So you are not even pretending to be rational, you are just doing this because of your anger management issues?

rhino wrote on Oct 12^th, 2021 at 3:26pm:



100% in agreement with this.

THESE are the cyclists (along with many bicycle couriers) who give
all other cyclists the bad reputation they simply do not deserve.

In 2019, I spotted a cyclist riding around near dusk. No helmet, no light. He got told to pull over by an officer in a following police vehicle. He failed to stop and rode off with the officer failing to pursue him much further.

This is just one of the many cases where having a cyclist "licenced and identifiable" would not have meant a thing in reducing traffic incidences involving cyclists. Even motorists have the right to deny being involved in a traffic incident. How do you identify a cyclist if they do not stop?

Gnads wrote on Oct 13^th, 2021 at 4:13pm:


And what do we do in times when the cyclist denies being the rider of the bike?

freediver wrote on Oct 13^th, 2021 at 5:07pm:


And if that tattooed serial number consisted of 3 sets of 6 digits then that would make Valkie the Anti Christ.

Gnads wrote on Oct 13^th, 2021 at 3:47pm:
The paths are designated dual use paths, not footpaths. they have to re designate them to make it legal to ride on them. Any path designated "footpath" is for pedestrians only.

Well - cyclists are lice as per the headline...

Actually I'm very kind to them and give them a wide berth when they are riding the 100 kph zones here.... not as much as I give the Wood Ducks or Possums  or deer or kangaroos that leap onto the road, not to mention the snakes and lizards I swerve to avoid... ... but I will give a cyclist a wide berth IF offered the opportunity, as long as they don't do something totally stupid like push over and triple file when I'm passing them as if they have the right...

At school some sixty years ago or more, the idea was to ride Indian file...... not just take the road as a right and get killed while asserting a right or making a statement ......

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 1:43pm:



Here in Original Australia or the old NSW, you either front up the name of the driver and they cop it or you do.  Nobody gets a walk unless they are a retired PM's wife, son or daughter...

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 1:53pm:


Not true. You just say it was stolen.

John Smith wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 7:49pm:


Sure. You file the report as soon as you realise it is stolen. Which is usually when the police knock at your door asking about it.

John Smith wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 7:58pm:


I am suggesting they do. But only if they want to get away with it.

philperth2010 wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 8:40pm:


One can say the exact same thing for greed cameras

freediver wrote on Oct 14^th, 2021 at 5:34pm:


And they find the bike on your premises??

The Heartless Felon wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 8:14am:


Correct .... & it had nothing to do with "designated pathways".

It was all about people/children not being able to learn road rules & bubble wrapping them.

There's an old saying - "you can't legislate for idiots".

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 1:31pm:


You still don't get it - the cops will say to you, "If you claim not to have been riding the bike at that time, you must name the person who was, or you will be the one fined.  If you do not know that person, did you report the bike stolen?"

It simply won't wash in NSW, same as denying you were the one driving the car at the time..... name who was or cop the fine.... tell it to the judge......

But they can make a driver happy occasionally.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Oct 16^th, 2021 at 12:11pm:


You CAN say that you were not the rider of a bike. The only defence you can use is that you can deny being in charge of a vehicle when the police take a picture of you running a red light on a bike, you can make the claim that the person was not you.

If I stole the number plates of your car and attached them to mine and then went and did all manner of traffic infringements and then replaced your number plates, whether you knew or not or whether you reported suspicious activity or not, you can say that you were not driving a vehicle when this traffic offence occurred.

We have just had reports around the region of a massive number of car thefts. The owner of the car cannot be held accountable for the acts of the thieves.

You are a very angry violent man with small man syndrome.

rhino wrote on Oct 16^th, 2021 at 10:12pm:


Oh no, no, no mr rhino.

You cannot deflect your anger issues onto me.

You are the one who returns every post with insults and personal attacks.
It is you and your buddy smiffy who is in need of anger management.

Which, I am willing and currently providing.

We can get you over these issues, we just have to get you to realise your problem.

But we can work it out.
Tell me. why are you so full of hate and anger?
Did you have a bad childhood?
Have you been unsuccessful in your job aspirations?
Do real people treat you badly?
What are you afraid of?

Anger is a manifestation of fear.
What is it that you fear that makes you so angry.

Remember

Repeat to yourself.

I can be a worthwhile member of the human race
I can be a normal contributor and nice person.
I don't have to insult everyone, just because I'm afraid they might see my true character.

We will get you over this.

Gnads wrote on Oct 15^th, 2021 at 9:38am:



i had that happen once when I was painting. We left all our ladders and scaffolding under the guys house chained to a pier (house was on a slope so you can only get under the rear of the house, the front of it was street level). When we turned up to start again the next morning the gate was padlocked and the owner was acting weird. He told us we couldn't go into the back as all our stuff had been stolen during the night. When we jumped the fence to have a look, all the stuff was still there where we left it with our chains still on. 

I'm guessing he was related to gordon

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Oct 17^th, 2021 at 12:30pm:


He was a dinky die aussie.

Doubt he had anything online. I don't think facebook had even started yet. This was in the days where if you wanted a bargain, you went to the pub to buy .

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Oct 18^th, 2021 at 6:47am:



probably looking to sell it down at the pub.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Oct 18^th, 2021 at 6:47am:



I hope the cops still pursued the theft of your property